GRAND CHUTE - One doesn’t often see a pitcher carve up a lineup in the Midwest League the way Burlington’s nine were on Saturday by the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers starting pitcher.

Then again, it’s not often a Midwest League team goes up against a major league pitcher on a rehab assignment.

Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Zach Davies looked ready to resume his role in the Milwaukee Brewers rotation after throwing 56 pitches against Burlington in a game the Timber Rattlers won 1-0 at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Jeremy Jeffress bobblehead day.

“To get back in a game situation, to be able to throw all my pitches and get a decent pitch count,” Davies said about his goal for his one-and-done appearance in a Timber Rattlers uniform. “Just to get back to the game feel.”

With a goal of throwing between 50 and 60 pitches, Davies tickled 90 mph with his fastball, according to the left field fence radar, while mixing in breaking balls and changes that seemingly floated up to the plate at 74 mph.

“I had a good mix of everything today,” Davies said. “I made sure I got that in. I didn’t want to leave anything out and not feel prepared for my next start. I got a mix of everything. Kind of accomplished everything that I wanted to - sequencing, pitch count and that kind of thing.”

Timber Rattlers catcher Payton Henry said Davies laid out what he wanted to do.

“It was kind of dictated by the count,” Henry said. “He went through some things with me before the game. Just told me what he likes to do and certain things. That was nice. I felt we were on a pretty good page.”

Davies showed outstanding control, throwing 44 of his pitches for strikes while striking out nine Burlington batters and allowing just two hits. One hit was a left-field-line hugging double by Jo Adell in the first inning and the other was a single in the third to Torii Hunter Jr., the son of former Twins, Tigers and Angels outfielder Torii Hunter.

Davies who averages about 6.5 strikeouts per nine innings, did not expect to whiff nine Burlington batters.

“I was expecting them to swing pretty early,” Davies said. “They were pretty patient for the most part. It was a little bit different than I expected. But I was able to get through 4 2/3 with the kind of pitch count I wanted.”

From behind the plate, Henry said the number of innings Davies was able to work given his pitch count showed how effective he was.

“What was it?” Henry said. “Two hits and nine Ks. That’s how he was throwing. He was throwing awesome. He was spotting up everything. He did a great job down in the zone. He didn’t give too much away, so it was awesome.”

Since Davies was diagnosed with the shoulder soreness that put him on the disabled list on May 3, he hasn’t been shut down completely.

“Everything was pretty steady, still kept a throwing routine,” said Davies. “Took a couple days off. Then I had a throwing routine, tried to get off a mound and that didn’t work

“I took a few more days off and everything kind of relaxed and the inflammation got out of the shoulder and started the process again. Had a bullpen and came here. From the time I was on the DL, I was still pretty active. It wasn’t like a full shutdown.”

With the rehab start out of the way, the next step for Davies is to get slotted back into the rotation.

“I’m not sure where I’m going to fit in with the rotation,” he said. “They’ve got some planning and time to kind of set me up. From here, I’m going to meet up with the team in Milwaukee on Monday and talk with them about what the plan is.”

With the rehab start out of the way, Davies considered doing one other thing at Fox Cities Stadium - tracking down Saturday’s fan giveaway of the Jeremy Jeffress bobblehead.

“I should leave it in his locker and see what he says,” Davies said. “But I want to make sure the fans get all they need.”